Places raigansmom Wants to Go

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

A full-scale replica of a 1774 colonial settlement in Kentucky.

A curiosity-seeker's paradise set inside a three-story historic school house.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

This 19th century mansion façade adorned with immigrant patriotism is a symbol of Louisville’s history.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.